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Bleeding Time Test

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 85002

Measures how long it takes a small, standard cut on the forearm to stop bleeding, with a blood pressure cuff keeping pressure steady. The time taken reflects how well platelets — the tiny cells that plug damaged vessels — are doing their job. It is used when unusual bruising or bleeding needs explaining.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bleeding Time Test cost?

$4.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.98$3.80 to $4.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$5.89 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $28Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$11.48
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.72
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.92
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.32
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$14.13
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$7.94

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Pennsylvania· 32nd of 51

$4.57

SD $8.51DC $3.63

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.